Sister Francis Raftery, president of the College of Saint Elizabeth, 2 Convent Road, Morristown, N.J., announced today that Deborah M. McCreery, Esq., has been named vice president for Institutional Advancement, effective August 29, 2011. As the vice president for Institutional Advancement, Ms. McCreery will be a member of the President’s Cabinet and the chief advisor to the president on matters of development, communications, and external relations.
Before joining the College of Saint Elizabeth, Ms. McCreery held many leadership positions at Widener University School of Law, which has campuses in Harrisburg, Pa., and Wilmington, Del. She has been in educational administration since 1983 and joined Widener in 1991. At Widener, she has served as assistant dean of financial aid, associate dean for business and administration, and assistant dean for Development and Alumni Relations. She was most recently the assistant vice president for Law School Development and Alumni Relations and served as an adjunct faculty member for the Law School.
Ms. McCreery received a Bachelor of Arts from Temple University in 1983 and a Juris Doctor, also from Temple, in 1991. She is admitted to practice in Pennsylvania.
Ms. McCreery has been active in a number of professional and civic organizations, including the Colonial School District Action Planning committee, the Paralegal Board of Advisors, the American Association of Law Schools, the Council for the Advancement and Support of Education, the American Council on Education – National Identification Program for the Advancement of Women in Higher Education Administration, and an executive board member of the Delaware-District of Columbia-Maryland Association of Student Financial Aid Administrators.
Sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Saint Elizabeth, Convent Station, New Jersey, the College of Saint Elizabeth enrolls more than 2,100 full- and part-time students in more than 25 undergraduate, 10 graduate and one doctoral degree programs. For information on other activities or programs, visit the College of Saint Elizabeth web site at www.cse.edu.
